Selassie I said:
Yeah,,, I watched Nadal waste that dude last night. Jeezus.
Love those golden years of tennis too. I learned on a wooden racquet but some "up-graded" to a Wilson T-2000 if you can remember those amazing pieces of engineering... lol Remember when the bug Prince racquets first came out,,, I never liked them. I up-graded again from the T-2000 to a Head Director (graphite) that I still have to this day (only as a keep sake mind you). Played with that one for a good number of years before up-grading to some of the modern Head racquets. The advancement in racquet engineering definitely changed the whole game.
I really miss playing the game. I let it slide due to not having enough players at my level to play with on a semi-regular basis. I really need to get back out there... but as you say... I have other things I tend to gravitate to these days (boating). It's so fucking hot down here now that we actually took the boat out last Saturday night and stayed out on the intracoastal until after 1:00 am. I have some really cool LEDs that make mine look like a spaceship almost.
Speaking of Borg. I went to his last Pro match (at least that's how they sold it) up in Kansas City. He played against Roscoe Tanner indoors. I still have the ticket stub somewhere.
Wow man Roscoe Tanner ,what do ya think HIS serve would clock at with these rackets
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Yeah I remember the T2K I had a pretty red T3K and threw the MF in the trash and went back to my Jack Kramers.
Remember the Prince big heads well /the advent of Yonex.
That was the time when raquetball became popular and we got an indoor tennis /raquetball facility in our town. The cost of indoor tennis was like 4 times r-ball and you couldn't a) justify b) find opponents willing to pay for two hours ,many ,including me started playing r-ball,the next Spring I went out and promptly gave myself elbow problems from snapping my wrist and quit tennis.
I began playing r-ball and got fairly good at it,I wasn't the best in this 5 state area, but I WAS the only guy who could beat him.
He always marveled that I couldn't beat a list of about 3 players he drubbed, then one day I came up out of a forehand and something caught in my back,I herniated a disk and at 40 my racket career was over.Until this summer when my sis and I played some at our condos.
She was kickin my ass (bad hip can't run) then I got a little bolder and went for some top spin,screwed somthin up in my left wrist ,tried to keep playing and it just wouldn't go (it still isn't right 2 months later). SOOO I switched and played her right handed ( racket/paddle sports I'm a lefty but I throw and bat righty) got her to deuce in every game from there may start playing RH again soon.
I have a "Silent Partner" and a net in a 40X 60 building I built for my kids to play b-ball and take batting practice in during our weird wet midwest winters so once the weather gets bad I may put in an hour or two a day.
I've considered the LEDs on my boat , but haven't done it yet,I love how they look on the water,I just love summer nights ( might have somthin to do with my preocupation with traditionally nocturnal activities).
I'm thinkin the Open finals has Djokovic vs. Nadal, Murray just seems to be a little off and Djoko looks like a machine.